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NELSON BY WHARTON v. MO. DIV. OF FAMILY SERVICES

No. 82-1898.

706 F.2d 276 (1983)

Amy NELSON, By her next friend, Robert J. WHARTON; Frank Nelson, by his next friend, Robert J. Wharton; Mike Nelson, by his next friend, Robert J. Wharton; and James A. Nelson, Appellants, v. MISSOURI DIVISION OF FAMILY SERVICES, David R. Freeman, individually and as State Director; J. Joseph Lewis, individually and as director of the Jackson County Office; Anita Donaldson, individually and as an investigator for the Jackson County Office; Ertha Keatings, individually and as an investigator for the Jackson County Office; Dinah White, individually and as an investigator for the Jackson County Office, Appellees, Audrey Nelson; Theodore O. Gulley; John Doe, Number One; John Doe, Number Two; John Doe, Number Three.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 16, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Michael L. Boicourt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellees.

John E. McKay, Kansas City, Mo., for appellants.

Before ARNOLD and BENNETT, Circuit Judges, and HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal the judgment of the district court1 granting defendants'-appellees' motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

The complaint seeking damages in this diversity case alleges that appellees, various officials and employees of the Missouri Division of Family Services (DFS), failed to investigate adequately reports that the Nelson children were being...

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